OMA Quarterly ! 2008 Volume 3
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Contents
Events Calendar
2008 Technical Plenary Elections
Current OMA Work Program
Membership
Events Calendar
In 2008, OMA contributed to over 35 industry events, trade shows and technical gatherings. Copies of recent presentations are available on the OMA Web site at OMA Presentations from Past Industry Events .
Event organizers can also contact Bobby Fraher to invite an OMA contribution for an upcoming event.
Upcoming 2009 Industry Events
- W3C Workshop on the future of Social Networking , 15-16 January, Barcelona, Spain
- Macau Games Services, 9 February, Macau
- Mobile World Congress , 16-19 February , Barcelona, Spain
- Visual Code Conference , 18-19 March, Singapore
- Mobile Location Services 2009, 12-13 May, Prague, Czech Republic
- Handsets World 2009, June, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- AfricaCom 2009 , 16-18 November, Cape Town, RSA
2008 Participation Highlights from Industry Events
- Wireless Mobile Exposition, 15-16 July , Toronto, Canada
- Location Based Services Summit, 3-4 September, London, UK
- Open Standards Forum 2008, 30 Sept - 3 October, London, UK
- Mobile Device and the User Experience, 11-12 November, London, UK
- 4th International FOKUS IMS Workshop, 6-7 November, Berlin, Germany
- GS1 Mobile Com Working Meeting, 12-14 November, Koln, Germany
- AfricaCom 2008, 18-19 November, Cape Town, RSA
OMA Member Company Benefits at industry events
OMA member companies often receive a substantial discount on the event registration fees when the OMA participates at an event. This discount applies to all employees of OMA member companies, not just to OMA delegates/participants. Registration discounts typically range from 10%-20% depending on the event. To take advantage of these opportunities, please contact Bobby Fraher
2009 OMA Meetings
OMA interoperability Program
The OMA continuously operates an interoperability program to validate Enabler specifications, as well as the implementations of member products and services.
The OMA's first annual EET event will take place at TestFests labs in Beijing and Düsseldorf. As part of the commitment made in 2008 to Real World Testing of Product and Service Implementations of OMA Enablers, the event is open to ALL OMA Members who have an original client or server implementation that can perform in a real world environment. For more information on how to participate, please contactHoward Greenwell.
2009 OMA TestFests
- TestFest #27: 16-23 January, Bled, Slovenia
- 2009 Enhanced Environment Test (EET): 19-27 March, Beijing PRC & Düsseldorf, Germany
- TestFest #28: 15-22 May, Beijing, PRC
- TestFest #29: 31 August - 5 September, Düsseldorf, Germany
For a complete description of OMA's testing and interoperability programs, please visit http://www.openmobilealliance.org/TestFests/overview.aspx
2008 OMA Technical Plenary Chair and Vice-Chair Election The election for the OMA TP Chair and Vice Chair has been confirmed by the OMA Board of Directiors.
- Mark Cataldo, Chair, OMA Technical Plenary
- Muse Umehopa, Vice-Chair, OMA Technical Plenary
Current OMA Work Program
To date, OMA has published over 40 Enabler Releases. Using a clear working process, the Enabler Release Program is designed to deliver two key milestones for each enabler:
New Work Items
The following work items have been approved by the Board of Directors and entered the OMA Work Program since ICTSB#43 in June 2008:
WID 174 - Content Management Interface WID 176 - Mobile Search Framework WID 178 - Browser Management Object WID 179 - Converged Personal Network Services
The following work items are under consideration by the OMA Technical Plenary:
- WID 177 - Secure Removable Media (under consideration)
- WID 180 - Mobile Spam Reporting (under consideration)
- WID 181 - Generic Location Protocol 1.0 (under consideration)
- WID 182 - Push 2.3 - Push to Multipoing (under consideration)
- WID 183 - SUPL 3.0 (under consideration)
*For a full list of OMA Working Groups and links to current work items in the OMA Work Program, please visit http://www.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/WorkingGroupsCommitees.aspx
New OMA Candidate Enabler Releases
An OMA Candidate Enabler Release (CER) delivers an approved set of open technical specifications that can be implemented in products and solutions, and then tested for interoperability. Upon publication as a Candidate, specifications then enter the OMA Interoperability Testing Program where they will eventually reach Approved Enabler Release status.
New OMA Approved Enabler Releases approved by OMA Board of Directors in May, June, July, and August 2008
An Approved Enabler Release (AER) represents Candidate Enabler Releases that have gone through the Interoperability Program (IOP) of OMA. The IOP tests interoperability between different member company's implementations – either within the OMA or through other means.
Membership
The OMA is proud to welcome the following new members who have joined recently. We look forward to their participation!
OMA members facilitate global user adoption of mobile data services by specifying market driven mobile service enablers. There are currently over 350 members of the OMA. These members represent the end-to-end value chain of mobile products and services around the world. Device manufacturers, mobile operators, IT companies and content providers are all participating members of the OMA. A full list of benefits of OMA membership along with information on how to join can be found at
http://www.openmobilealliance.org/Membership/default.aspx .